Paul does not use brakes!
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Lol, me too! I went to swap wheels yesterday and she had rusted a smidge under the spacers/bearings.
I gave a quick sand with some 220 and a healthy slather of phil wood and away I went.
Hopefully this isn't a "thing", and I can just maintain my current status.
no shit, hah! wet season maybe? it was dry as a bone Sun, didn't expect that.
Phil Wood, had to look that up. so do you use their thin oil type of lube? i've been going dry, used to do thin layer of Maxima waterproof but stopped with this bike. maybe i should go back to that.
nah, the green grease.
Truth be told, I washed my 350 after the noble, and hadn't touched it until yesterday. Well, that part of it anyways...I had to cannibalize my stock seat to move the SeatConcepts stuff over, as somehow I'd cracked that plastic pan. (fat ass).
what if you polished the axl with some compound and a cloth wheel?
Are you guys seeing similar to his picture on page 3? I just had my rear axle out after maybe 9 months and it had what I'd call some light surface rust. It looked a little worse than his picture though. Didn't require much effort to get out. Seemed like the 'normal' amount to me, and I didn't think much of it. Scrubbed most of it off with a scotchbrite pad. Forgot about this thread though and now I can't remember if I greased it before putting it back in.
Same with mine... No where near that much rust. Since removing it the first time, I've always cleaned and greased the axle every time I have it out.
Got this in my email today. Titanium axles!
Ok, so I moved away from the sand track and am riding in the woods. I went to clean my bike and the dirt actually comes off! Went to remove the axles and they slid right out! I also still have lots of life left in my sprocket and chain (I was going through them like chocolate before). Holy hell that sand/clay slurry I was riding in was tough on equipment. On a side note, I haven't ridden whoops in over a year. Hahaa. That was a serious proving ground for both me and the machine. I feel like I might have PTSD from training there.
Interesting. I would have guessed at the final drive wear, but sticky axles I wouldn't have seen coming.
Maybe something in the sand/clay slurry causing galvanic corrosion?
With large washers and utilizing the axle nut can you turn it into a puller? Ot if it is a hollow axle a long threaded rod with a nut and some right sized washers stacked just right to make a puller? When you get it out with a set of v blocks and a dial indicator you will know if it was bent..old thread....where u at now?
I had to replace the axle. corrosion had started and could be cleaned up, but it would just happen again. My post is about how much less invasive regular dirt is. Axles come out easy peasy now that I don't live near the sand track.
debating whether to put those special SKF seals on the 200 ... pretty sure they stopped making them which would mean it was a failed attempt. great idea though. sold the 250 before i could really determine if there was an improvement over standard seals. the hard ano spacers were trick though.
i'm about to pull the wheels now that the season is over. fingers x'd i don't see blow by ... once the corrosion starts, the axles really do need to be replaced since they are no longer flat ... buffing doesn't get you much.
Good old NE sand tracks through the woods :hellyeah:
Why the switch